Thanks Guozhang and Luke.

I have updated the KIP with all the suggested changes.

Do you think we could start voting for this?

Thanks!
Sagar.

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:26 AM Luke Chen <show...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the KIP. Overall LGTM.
>
> Just one thought, if we "rename" the config directly as mentioned in the
> KIP, would that break existing applications?
> Should we deprecate the old one first, and make the old/new names co-exist
> for some period of time?
>
> Public Interfaces
>
>    - Adding a new config *input.buffer.max.bytes *applicable at a topology
>    level. The importance of this config would be *Medium*.
>    - Renaming *cache.max.bytes.buffering* to *statestore.cache.max.bytes*.
>
>
>
> Thank you.
> Luke
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 1:50 AM Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Currently the state store cache size default value is 10MB today, which
> > arguably is rather small. So I'm thinking maybe for this config default
> to
> > 512MB.
> >
> > Other than that, LGTM.
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 11:34 AM Sagar <sagarmeansoc...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Guozhang and Sophie.
> > >
> > > Yeah a small default value would lower the throughput. I didn't quite
> > > realise it earlier. It's slightly hard to predict this value so I would
> > > guess around 1/2 GB to 1 GB? WDYT?
> > >
> > > Regarding the renaming of the config and the new metric, sure would
> > include
> > > it in the KIP.
> > >
> > > Lastly, importance would also. be added. I guess Medium should be ok.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Sagar.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 10:42 AM Sophie Blee-Goldman
> > > <sop...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 1) I agree that we should just distribute the bytes evenly, at least
> > for
> > > > now. It's simpler to understand and
> > > > we can always change it later, plus it makes sense to keep this
> aligned
> > > > with how the cache works today
> > > >
> > > > 2) +1 to being conservative in the generous sense, it's just not
> > > something
> > > > we can predict with any degree
> > > > of accuracy and even if we could, the appropriate value is going to
> > > differ
> > > > wildly across applications and use
> > > > cases. We might want to just pick some multiple of the default cache
> > > size,
> > > > and maybe do some research on
> > > > other relevant defaults or sizes (default JVM heap, size of available
> > > > memory in common hosts eg EC2
> > > > instances, etc). We don't need to worry as much about erring on the
> > side
> > > of
> > > > too big, since other configs like
> > > > the max.poll.records will help somewhat to keep it from exploding.
> > > >
> > > > 4) 100%, I always found the *cache.max.bytes.buffering* config name
> to
> > be
> > > > incredibly confusing. Deprecating this in
> > > > favor of "*statestore.cache.max.bytes*" and aligning it to the new
> > input
> > > > buffer config sounds good to me to include here.
> > > >
> > > > 5) The KIP should list all relevant public-facing changes, including
> > > > metadata like the config's "Importance". Personally
> > > > I would recommend Medium, or even High if we're really worried about
> > the
> > > > default being wrong for a lot of users
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the KIP, besides those few things that Guozhang brought up
> > and
> > > > the config importance, everything SGTM
> > > >
> > > > -Sophie
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:41 PM Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 1) I meant for your proposed solution. I.e. to distribute the
> > > configured
> > > > > bytes among threads evenly.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) I was actually thinking about making the default a large enough
> > > value
> > > > so
> > > > > that we would not introduce performance regression: thinking about
> a
> > > use
> > > > > case with many partitions and each record may be large, then
> > > effectively
> > > > we
> > > > > would only start pausing when the total bytes buffered is pretty
> > large.
> > > > If
> > > > > we set the default value to small, we would be "more aggressive" on
> > > > pausing
> > > > > which may impact throughput.
> > > > >
> > > > > 3) Yes exactly, this would naturally be at the "partition-group"
> > class
> > > > > since that represents the task's all input partitions.
> > > > >
> > > > > 4) This is just a bold thought, I'm interested to see other's
> > thoughts.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Guozhang
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 4:10 AM Sagar <sagarmeansoc...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks Guozhang.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1) Just for my confirmation, when you say we should proceed with
> > the
> > > > even
> > > > > > distribution of bytes, are you referring to the Proposed Solution
> > in
> > > > the
> > > > > > KIP or the option you had considered in the JIRA?
> > > > > > 2) Default value for the config is something that I missed. I
> agree
> > > we
> > > > > > can't have really large values as it might be detrimental to the
> > > > > > performance. Maybe, as a starting point, we assume that only 1
> > Stream
> > > > > Task
> > > > > > is running so what could be the ideal value in such a scenario?
> > > > Somewhere
> > > > > > around 10MB similar to the caching config?
> > > > > > 3) When you say,  *a task level metric indicating the current
> > totally
> > > > > > aggregated metrics, * you mean the bytes aggregated at a task
> > level?
> > > > > > 4) I am ok with the name change, but would like to know others'
> > > > thoughts.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > Sagar.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 11:54 PM Guozhang Wang <
> wangg...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks Sagar for writing this PR.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think twice about the options that have been proposed in
> > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-13152, and feel
> that
> > > at
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > moment it's simpler to just do the even distribution of the
> > > > configured
> > > > > > > total bytes. My rationale is that right now we have a static
> > tasks
> > > ->
> > > > > > > threads mapping, and hence each partition would only be fetched
> > by
> > > a
> > > > > > single
> > > > > > > thread / consumer at a given time. If in the future we break
> that
> > > > > static
> > > > > > > mapping into dynamic mapping, then we would not be able to do
> > this
> > > > even
> > > > > > > distribution. Instead we would have other threads polling from
> > > > consumer
> > > > > > > only, and those threads would be responsible for checking the
> > > config
> > > > > and
> > > > > > > pause non-empty partitions if it goes beyond the threshold. But
> > > since
> > > > > at
> > > > > > > that time we would not change the config but just how it would
> be
> > > > > > > implemented behind the scenes we would not need another KIP to
> > > change
> > > > > it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Some more comments:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. We need to discuss a bit about the default value of this new
> > > > config.
> > > > > > > Personally I think we need to be a bit conservative with large
> > > values
> > > > > so
> > > > > > > that it would not have any perf regression compared with old
> > > configs
> > > > > > > especially with large topology and large number of partitions.
> > > > > > > 2. I looked at the existing metrics, and do not have
> > corresponding
> > > > > > sensors.
> > > > > > > How about also adding a task level metric indicating the
> current
> > > > > totally
> > > > > > > aggregated metrics. The reason I do not suggest this metric on
> > the
> > > > > > > per-thread level is that in the future we may break the static
> > > > mapping
> > > > > of
> > > > > > > tasks -> threads.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [optional] As an orthogonal thought, I'm thinking maybe we can
> > > rename
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > other "*cache.max.bytes.buffering*" as
> > "statestore.cache.max.bytes"
> > > > > (via
> > > > > > > deprecation of course), piggy-backed in this KIP? Would like to
> > > hear
> > > > > > > others' thoughts.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Guozhang
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 9:29 AM Sagar <
> sagarmeansoc...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I would like to start a discussion on the following KIP:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=186878390
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > > > Sagar.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > -- Guozhang
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > -- Guozhang
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -- Guozhang
> >
>

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